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PROMINENT ASSIGNMENTS
General Counsel, Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce
National Labor Counsel for CenturyTel, Inc.
Won elections or obtained election petition withdrawals in the automotive (Tier I and Tier II), forging, telephone, retail, manufacturing, and health care industries, and charter schools
Represented the Capital Area United Way in a high profile case covered by the media including The New York Times
Tried bench and jury cases defending wrongful termination, race discrimination, disability discrimination, and sex discrimination claims
Handled employment aspects of mergers from $1.5 million to $2.3 billion
REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS
A.G. Simpson Automotive, Inc.
CenturyTel, Inc.
CB Richard Ellis Martin
Gestamp US Hardtech Inc.
Ingham Regional Medical Center
Michigan Milk Producers Association
Mid-Michigan Physicians, P.C.
Rossman Group
Weyco, Inc.
AREAS OF PRACTICE EMPHASIS
Commercial & Business Litigation
Labor & Employment Relations
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Best Lawyers in America
Michigan Super Lawyers
PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT
Board of Directors and Executive Committee, Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce, 1999-2005
Member, Michigan Manufacturers Association Committee on Government Affairs
Founding Member and Past Chairperson, Ingham County Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Section
Michigan Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law and Litigation Sections
American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law and Litigation Sections
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Board of Directors, Capital Area United Way 2007-present
Member, Nominating Committee of the Capital Area United Way, 1999-present
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Michigan Chamber of Commerce, contributing author, "A Michigan Employer's Guide to Drafting Your Employee Handbook"
Michigan Chamber of Commerce, contributing author, "Michigan Wage and Hour: A Practical Guide for Small Businesses"
Michigan Chamber of Commerce, contributing author, "The Michigan Personnel File Survival Kit"
Michigan Chamber of Commerce, lecturer
Presenter to various organizations on topics such as "Hiring and Firing," "Employer's Guide to Maintaining Union-Free Status," "Recordkeeping: What Employers Can, Should, and Must Keep," and "Just Cause Employment and Peer Review"
EDUCATION
University of Michigan, B.G.S. 1975 (magna cum laude)
University of Wisconsin, J.D. 1979
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